Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
برهان الدين غريب
Burhān al-Dīn Gharīb
Died 741/1340 · Khuldabad
Brought the order to the Deccan (TDV: Dacca region, as printed)
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.
Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: Chishtiyya (Chishti order). Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Burhān al-Dīn Gharīb · The community's own account
The order's traditional account; TDV does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBurhān al-Dīn Gharīb is named first Chishti in the Deccan; no master given.
Burhān al-Dīn Gharībبرهان الدين غريب1340
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Burhān al-Dīn Gharīb · The community's own account
The order's traditional account; TDV does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBurhān al-Dīn Gharīb is named first Chishti in the Deccan; no master given.
Burhān al-Dīn Gharībبرهان الدين غريب1340
Route 3 of 3: Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākīقطب الدين بختيار كاكي1228
one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī to Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar · One source
The order's traditional account via Wikipedia's list; not read in TDV.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L4005-4009 · agreesFarīd al-Dīn Masʿūd (1175-1265) one of Qutb al-Dīn's initiates.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBābā Farīd is described but no master or teacher is named.
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakarفريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر1265one sourcein Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i Shakar to Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā · One source
The order's traditional account; TDV places both in the age of the order's spread but does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · agreesNiẓām al-Dīn became Bābā Farīd's disciple at Ajodhan (655) and, by a 'dubious' khilāfat-nāma, his successor (663).
Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāنظام الدين أولياء1325the community's own accountin Chishtiyya (Chishti order)
gave the khirqa · Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyā to Burhān al-Dīn Gharīb · The community's own account
The order's traditional account; TDV does not state the link.
Chishti Order (Wikipedia; lead only, silsila list from Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Mashaikh-e-Chisht, per its citations)Checked against
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'ČEŠTĪYA' (Gerhard Böwering), Vol. V, Fasc. 3, pp. 333-336, section History · silentBurhān al-Dīn Gharīb is named first Chishti in the Deccan; no master given.
Burhān al-Dīn Gharībبرهان الدين غريب1340
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from Burhān al-Dīn Gharīb
No one is recorded below this person in the sources read.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Burhān al-Dīn Gharīb”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/burhan-al-din-gharib (data of 31 October 2026).